“At the time, it was just an old race car, and nobody wanted that s***,” Castello says. “It was outdated. Most of the guys who bought those cars would put a 350 Chevy in it and go have fun.

For the last 20 years, the 1969 Ford Mustang AFX drag car had been raced by Chuck Hoffman and Cliff Lozis. The Mustang was ...

where he maintains old — very old — race cars and readies them for prime time. Nick’s father, Ron, drives at the Sports Car Club of America national championship at Daytona in 1969.